We all know the beginning stage is not easy as a newcomer needs to be patient. Atleast he or she should be getting no matter how little some reward for their resources in terms of time and materials.
I joined the forum and all I told some people around me about it, the next question is," how much have u earned", I was absolutely discourage as I remained mute till date.
I’m curious on why you feel discouraged. If you came on here primarily to gain new knowledge about bitcoin, then there’s no reason for you to feel discouraged irrespective of your rank.
But reading through your topic, it doesn’t seem to me like you’re here for the knowledge and that’s why you feel discouraged. Also, no one has a gun to your head forcing you to spend your time on the forum, so having high expectations of a reward perhaps in form of merits is on you.
It’s faster to get merits if you actually take your precious time to learn a thing or two. Members are eager to help newbies in terms of learning and also merits.